David Krejci confident his linemates will start scoring again

WILMINGTON — One of the most glaring issues on a Bruins team that is winning games despite not firing on all cylinders is the lack of production from their two power forwards in Milan Lucic and Nathan Horton.

The pair has struggled mightily to find the back of the net of late, with Lucic having now gone 10 games without a goal and Horton goal-less in his last eight.

They both got more chances Thursday night against the Panthers, and as they struggle to find the back of the net, their focus is on capitalizing on those chances rather than dwelling on the slump.

“You want to do everything you can to get chances, but you want to get results as well,” Lucic said after Friday’s practice. “For myself especially, it’s been a little frustrating lately to not be able to get a goal here, but you’ve just got to stick with it.”

While Lucic and Horton have had difficulty finding the back of the net, their center in David Krejci finds himself in the midst of one of his most consistent seasons in the NHL. Krejci is third on the B’s with 21 points (six goals, 15 assists), and the longest stretch without a point for him is two games, which has only happened once.

Now it’s just a matter of that success and consistency spreading throughout his line, and Krejci is confident his linemates will find their scoring touch sooner rather than later.

“I think they’re getting chances,” Krejci said. “Maybe Horty’s gotten more chances the last couple games than Looch did, but that means Looch is creating those chances. I think if we’re just playing our game and not trying to be too cute out there, it’s going to come. I think we’ve got good chemistry. It doesn’t just go away forever. I think it’s going to come back and we’re going to put the puck in the net consistently. I’m pretty sure of it. We’ve just got to stick with it, believe that we can do it again. I’m pretty sure it’s coming.”

Claude Juliensaid he doesn’t have any plans of shaking up his top-six forwards at this time, citing the success of Patrice Bergeron‘s line as something he doesn’t want to disrupt.